Dead Rising shuffles onto App Store

By Fred Dutton Published 9 December, 2010

Frank West returns, new features in tow.

An iOS-friendly version of the original Dead Rising has just arrived on the App Store, Capcom has announced.

It appears to be a slimmed-down port of the 2006 Xbox 360 original, complete with those virtual thumbsticks we all know and love, but with some new social features to get your teeth into.

According to the Capcom Unity blog, "When you die in the game you'll have the opportunity to send out a distress call via Facebook or Twitter to your friends. If you're revived, you and your rescuers will receive a bonus. However, if you die, you'll rise as a powerful zombie in your friend's game."

It will set you back £2.99 and you'll need a 3GS or above to play it. Judging by the first few customer reviews you might be better off sticking to the excellent Dead Rising 2 which launched on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 earlier this year.

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Comments (9) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • harzo #1 1 year ago

    Stop with the lame attempt to make console games work on iOS!

    I am more than happy to play Cut the Rope and a million different Tower Defense games :)

  • ElNino9 #2 1 year ago

    Looks wank.

  • gabrielbird #3 1 year ago

    Bought this earlier on iPhone 4. Its OK. Perfect to waste some time like every other iOS game.

  • septimus #4 1 year ago

    A bad game to port. If it was iPhone 4/iPad only it may have stood a chance graphically and have enough zombies. Bit early in the life cycle of iDevices for this game.

  • INSOMANiAC #5 1 year ago

    If you put your time into actually working a real job instead of wasting it spamming forums you'd probably make more money you dozy cunt.

  • gabrielbird #6 1 year ago

    Sandal $32

    One sandal for $32???

    Why would a gamer ever be after a 'Ed Hardy Bikini'? These spammers are certainly not clever. For a start this is a 'Euro' site and they are in dollars :p

  • ondines_curse #7 1 year ago

    Accept the paypal. Its like some sort of company credo or doctrine, 'if you work here you must accept and worship the paypal'

  • Wyrm #8 1 year ago

    Agreed with other posters, way too complex a game to try and pull off properly on an iDevice. Reminds me of days gone by when you'd get the likes of FIFA on the original Gameboy and it was absolutley nothing like the game the licence implied.

  • homerbert #9 1 year ago

    As crap and compromised a port as it looks, it's amazing how cheap iPhone games are compared to regular games. What price would it be to download Dead Rising 1 from XBL?

    Eoin